This is a terrible headline. The racist election appeals are being made by Republicans. The headline should say that.https://t.co/pkF5F5iq2F
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 15, 2022
Category: 2022 elections
Ron Johnson is terrible
He’s leading in polls anyway.
Johnson is a pathetic excuse for a human being. https://t.co/6PWrzayOV7
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 14, 2022
Mr. Johnson stood by his past statements about mouthwash being an effective tool to fight Covid-19.
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 12, 2022
“I got all kinds of letters of support from dentists and ear-nose-throat guys saying, ‘yeah, that’s what we recommend.’”
via @McCormickJohn https://t.co/U4YmJO1n5y
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a brutal editorial urging voters to send Republican Ron Johnson packing:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 13, 2022
"Johnson is the worst Wisconsin political representative since the infamous Sen. Joseph McCarthy." https://t.co/GXzNTiM29K
Seems that the @RonJohnsonWI campaign must have gotten worrisome feedback from polls or focus groups after the debate. https://t.co/K6mwCU1cMI
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 8, 2022
NEWS: Sen. Ron Johnson has hired a law firm to talk about a possible RECOUNT.
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) October 17, 2022
The firm? The same one run by a TRUMP attorney – Jim Troupis – who's tied to a "fake elector" scheme and texted Johnson about passing info to Pence before the Jan. 6 riot. https://t.co/F6Mqxc38sz
Articles on GOP election deniers
"Most of the election deniers nominated are likely to win: Of the nearly 300 on the ballot, 174 are running for safely Republican seats. Another 51 will appear on the ballot in tightly contested races." https://t.co/1uzyYhwncH
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 6, 2022
With over half of GOP candidates in thrall to Trump's lies, here's an essential @PostOpinions editorial offering concrete solutions to the crisis:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 6, 2022
*More training/security for poll workers
*Insulate elections officials from political pressure
*Revise ECAhttps://t.co/GHszUWrHAN
New CNN polls of likely voters in two key SoS races in which the GOP candidate is an election denier.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) October 6, 2022
Nevada: Jim Marchant (R) 46%, Cisco Aguilar (D) 43%.
Arizona: Mark Finchem (R) 49%, Adrian Fontes (D) 45%.https://t.co/amPmcijn15
One election denier has already won in New York: ABC News projects that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has won the GOP primary in New York’s 11th District. Malliotakis was among a group of Rs who voted not to certify some of the results of the 2020 election. https://t.co/MSjZiBCHWp
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 24, 2022
Today’s depressing @nytimes piece about 2/3 of the current GOP candidates believing or pretending to believe in the Big Lie reminded me of this, in my 2017 book Fantasyland. I remember wondering then if “the Fantasy Party” was too hyperbolic. If only. https://t.co/NuNg09yWVf pic.twitter.com/uRBQirzSgD
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) October 14, 2022
Hundreds of Republicans on the November ballot have cast doubt on the 2020 election, a New York Times analysis found. Most are still doing it. Many will win. https://t.co/Gwc1Frb6BF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2022
Republican voter challenges are part of their voter suppression efforts
Republican mass challenges will be one of the biggest stories to come out of the 2022 midterms. We are fighting them but they are multiplying. https://t.co/DR10LusklC
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 30, 2022
The thing about these private voter challenges law that I did not know before I read this were that the challenges are unlimited and there IS NO PENALTY for challenging a voter falsely, or in bad faith.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) September 22, 2022
Activists fueled by false conspiracy theories about election fraud are working to toss out tens of thousands of voter registrations and ballots in battleground states.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 28, 2022
“They are just going to beat the system into the ground,” said one election official. https://t.co/88eevyRL8O
A Republican group tried to purge more than 6,000 Harris County voters. Their efforts didn't work. https://t.co/0xsLB31URA
— Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) September 30, 2022
I warned everyone over a year ago.👇
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 23, 2022
"Among the most overlooked, but most important, provisions of the omnibus voter suppression law enacted in Georgia are new provisions that encourage mass challenges and threaten counties that refuse to abide them."https://t.co/EKRnMp66Rw
MAGA Republicans will stop at nothing to override the will of the people and infringe on our rights to choose who leads us. https://t.co/nyJMFIDYRb
— Defend Democracy Project (@DemocracyNowUS) September 30, 2022
We recently spoke to a county elections chief in Iowa about this. He told @boltsmag he’d received 3 voter registration challenges in the previous 15 years. This year, 119. https://t.co/DcbEhflVMD https://t.co/PCJn0C61K3
— Alex Burness (@alex_burness) September 28, 2022
"Georgia Republicans have begun to challenge the qualifications of thousands of voters who, they argue, may have moved out of the state or have died. These efforts are based on the state’s new SB202"https://t.co/gfxunxGSdQ
— Black Voters Matter (@BlackVotersMtr) September 27, 2022
Generic ballot update 9/24/22
Generic Congressional Ballot:
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 23, 2022
Republicans 48% (+4)
Democrats 44%
McLaughlin & Associates, 1,000 LV, 9/17-22https://t.co/YUgTlak2oO
Generic Congressional Ballot:
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 22, 2022
Democrats 48% (+6)
Republicans 42%
.@GSG/@GBAOStrategies, 1,001 RV, 9/8-11https://t.co/ibKHu3YRwh
Some Republican candidates already say they will not accept results
Six Republican nominees for governor and the Senate in key midterm states, all backed by Donald Trump, would not commit to accepting the November outcome. Five others did not answer the question when contacted by The New York Times. https://t.co/bhaIzrJzFp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2022
Republicans in key battleground races refuse to say they will accept results of their contests https://t.co/vN8Q6SWhlW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2022
The first time the @nytimes used the phrase "election subversion" was in May 2020. It did not print the term "election denier" until Jan. 2022.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 14, 2022
What we are seeing from the GOP is not politics as usual. It is not normal. It is dangerous.
They're setting up the rationalizations for chaos – and violence. The core belief of the GOP is that it is impossible for Republicans to lose elections. https://t.co/yA7D9kXu1Q
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 20, 2022
Will Dan Cox accept the outcome of the election, whether he wins or loses? It's not clear. https://t.co/Q9LRReSmT1
— The Baltimore Banner (@BaltimoreBanner) September 21, 2022
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that less than half of Americans (46%) now believe that candidates "should commit in advance to accepting the results" of this year's midterm elections. https://t.co/LSaL4r4she
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) September 28, 2022
"No Democratic candidate is talking about what has become standard fare among Republicans: simply not accepting defeat when you lose an election."@kerryeleveld on the fundamental asymmetry of our politics.https://t.co/1p54Ho4wU2
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 1, 2022
Generic ballot tweets 9/15/22
The @FiveThirtyEight generic-ballot polling average with 7 weeks until E-Day:
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) September 20, 2022
1998: D+1.6
2002: R+0.3
2006: D+9.3
2010: R+3.9
2014: R+2.2
2018: D+9.0
2022: D+1.4
Starting to get interesting! But we still haven't seen very many likely-voter polls.
In latest Fox News poll, Dems have 3 pt lead on generic ballot, over last few months it has gone from -7, -3, 0, to +3 today. GOP lead on handling inflation has gone from 19 pt lead to 15 to 9 pt lead. Dems now have larger lead on handling abortion than GOP has on inflation.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) September 15, 2022
Fox News Poll: The generic House ballot test has moved in Democrats’ favor (Dana Blanton, Fox News) Details: https://t.co/HDiWxUh47c pic.twitter.com/W7HJIY6Ohz
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) September 14, 2022
Overlooked? @FoxNews says it’s modeling from its latest poll shows GOP gaining just 1 House seat & failing to win control. GOP pollster: “a small Dem edge like this would produce a very modest swing to the Rs & something close to a tie in control” https://t.co/hKKQXV8gve
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 14, 2022
Generic ballot #OnThisDay:
— Ferik (@On_Politike) September 13, 2022
2022:+1.3% D ( Final: ?)
2018:+8.3% D (+8.4% D)
2014:+3.9% R (+ 5.7% R)
2010:+ 7.8% R (+6.8% R)
2006:+ 9.5%D (+7.9%D)
2002:+1.4% R (+4.6%R)
1. Polls at this point are fairly predicative of final results
2. 2022 is starting to look like 2002 pic.twitter.com/n8lqAzQmP0
Generic Congressional Ballot:
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 13, 2022
Democrats 51% (+2)
Republicans 49%
.@Harvard–@HarrisPoll, 1,854 RV, 9/7-8https://t.co/fDtuKrxUaq
Generic Congressional Ballot:
— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) September 13, 2022
Democrats 46% (+5)
Republicans 41%
Big Village, 857 LV, 9/7-9https://t.co/20OehyVQ5o
If the election for Congress were held today, which party's candidate are you more likely to vote for in your district?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 8, 2022
WOMEN
Democrat 52%
Republican 39%
MEN
Democrat 42%
Republican 49%
(NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll, RV, 8/29 – 9/1/22)
more: https://t.co/l9hgFPaa1N
Now officially above D+1 in our generic ballot aggregate pic.twitter.com/9gVBAElOqI
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) September 7, 2022
Bad Republican election behavior
They don’t think the rules apply to them
Republican leaders in a Michigan county told election workers to “secretly” break the rules before primary https://t.co/ifunW5U43Y
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 7, 2022
CNN EXCLUSIVE: shocking new video obtained by @DrewGriffinCNN shows Republican leaders in Michigan training poll workers to **break the rules** so they can act as "undercover agents" during mid-term elections in November. pic.twitter.com/e8iHQ1GFLQ
— Nora Neus (@noraneus) September 8, 2022
A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. https://t.co/8uhMGceAMT
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 6, 2022
538 on election denier Republican candidates
Candidates who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen will appear on ballots in nearly every state this fall. https://t.co/Wz1yJ14ipp
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 8, 2022
New secretaries of states would not only approve vote tallies and certify results—many of the candidates want to dramatically change the rules for future elections, too.https://t.co/mpxLDUpKZ7
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 4, 2022
An AP survey finds that just 40% of Republican candidates running for statewide offices that have a role in elections would directly say that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Reporting by @NickRiccardi. https://t.co/M86uYTewLF
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) September 8, 2022
Will Trump cult candidates concede if they lose?
I think many won’t. Some even claimed the primaries were rigged.
One looming question: how many of these election deniers will claim fraud if they lose in November? And will Trump echo their claims? And will that deepen, or discredit, the myth of massive, systemic election fraud that has consumed the GOP? https://t.co/hLY9RSTtCo
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 14, 2022
Rather than question his viability if Trump's candidates lose in the states likely to decide 24, losing Rs are more likely to "double down" on his fraud claims predicts @celindalake : "These Republicans may not consider it a legitimate election if their people lose," she says. https://t.co/nzhoAKdYnm
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) September 6, 2022
Election denying primary candidates are crying fraud, win or lose. https://t.co/bgC0AGynXT
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 25, 2022
Laura Loomer, bigot who got more than 44% in a GOP House primary in Florida this week but lost by more than 6 points, has declared on Telegram that "I actually am the Congresswoman…and everyone knows it," though you're not even the congresswoman when you do win a primary.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 25, 2022
“I’M NOT CONCEDING!” Laura Loomer attacks the Republican Party and alleges voter fraud after losing GOP primary to incumbent Florida congressman Daniel Webster. #news6 pic.twitter.com/qpuhJUIpyJ
— Mike DeForest (@DeForestNews6) August 24, 2022